Historic Monuments of Novgorod and Surroundings

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country. Russia

year of inscription. 1992

criteria. Cultural

Kremlin and Red Square, Moscow

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country. Russia

year of inscription. 1990

criteria. Cultural

Curonian Spit

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countries. Lithuania, Russia

year of inscription. 2000

criteria. Natural

Kizhi Pogost

country. Russia

year of inscription. 1990

criteria. Cultural

The Kizhi Pogost WHS is located in the federal subject of the Republic of Karelia; the pogost (i.e., enclosure) here is on Kizhi Island in Lake Onega. Within it are three wooden structures: two 18th-century CE churches – the Church of the Transfiguration and the Church of the Intercession – and an octagonal clock tower built in 1862. This complex exemplifies the artistry of wooden architecture in Russia.

Struve Geodetic Arc

countries. Belarus, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Norway, Russia, Sweden, and Ukraine

year of inscription. 2005

criteria. Cultural

One aspect of academic study that was recorded as far back as the 4th century BCE was establishing the size and shape of Earth. In the 16th century CE, a method known as triangulation was devised to do this. To apply this calculation with greater precision, between 1816CE and 1855CE, astronomer Friedrich Georg Wilhelm Struve established point stations over a long distance. From Hammerfest, Norway along the Arctic Ocean to Staro-Nekrasovka, Ukraine on the Black Sea coast, 265 point stations were established in 10 countries, stretching over 2820km. These stations included a huge variety of forms, including small holes drilled in rocks, some of which were filled with lead; cross-shaped engraved marks on rocks; solid stone or brick with a marker; rock structures (cairns) with a central stone or brick marked by a drilled hole; individual bricks; or specially constructed obelisks or other monuments.

The WHS is composed of 34 of these original point stations in the following locations:

• Norway: four stations in the county of Troms og Finnmark;
• Sweden: four stations in provinces of Lapland and Norrbotten;
• Finland: six stations in the regions of Lapland, Central Finland, Uusimaa, and Kymenlaakso;
• Russia: two stations in Leningrad oblast;
• Latvia: three stations in the municipalities of Ergli, Jekabpils, and Jaunjelgava;
• Lithuania: three stations in the counties of Panevezys and Vilnius;
• Belarus: five stations in the regions of Grodno and Brest;
• Ukraine: four stations in the Khmelnitsky and Odessa oblasts; and
• Moldova: one station in Soroca district.

Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments

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country. Russia
year of inscription. 1990

criteria. Cultural